African-American Film Critics Awards 2008

2008 African-American Film Critics Association Awards
2008 African-American Film Critics winners: Dec. 19, 2008
 

 

Best Film: The Dark Knight
Runners-up:
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4. (tie) The Secret Life of Bees and Cadillac Records
6. Miracle at St. Anna
7. Milk
8. Seven Pounds
9. Doubt
10. Iron Man
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Lead Actor: Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Best Lead Actress: Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, Doubt
Special Achievement Award: Melvin Van Pebbles
 
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by Andre Soares | December 20, 2008   
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2009 Golden Globe Nominations

Golden Globe record holder Meryl Streep in Mamma Mia! (top) and in Doubt (bottom)

The biggest surprise in the 2008 Golden Globe nominations’ list is that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association didn’t dig a spot for Nicole Kidman in Australia (which was totally shut out), especially considering that Kidman’s former husband Tom Cruise did garner a best supporting actor nod for Tropic Thunder. (Cruise’s nomination, by the way, elicited laughter from journalists present at the Golden Globes announcement ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Laughter also greeted James Franco’s nomination — not for Milk, mind you, but as best actor in a comedy or musical for Pineapple Express.)
Among other Golden Globe oddities was the fact that Milk [...]

by Andre Soares | December 11, 2008   
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